The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-01

rh.re Il not an enterprise. whlshl
IL ieasjhis around Jasper. which tt VI l
i,ikelv would paw 20 well on the Invest y
mani - The development 81 natural ga. :
The u~.kins-L echNsr drill hole has gone :
,h,on.h two rood veins ~ c0al. and
sh,mt 30 feet III .sand -stone, and work /
Mas heen suspended for want Of better
mschinery. Our citizens should organ
ia ! company with about $4,000 capitais
ana -, the b~st Of machinery, and de-
veIop our resources. II would give the
. ,own such I sta&t as u has never expe-
; rs.ncei. II = paying quantity Of GO
l.hcnld b. struck. and those who have
Locked over the ground think u exists
not more than l.0OO feet do wn.
= Al Hartford Il pours out with = pres
2 sore az 80 lbs. to the inch, and within :
week af,er Il was struck the large Cooley
FIGURING mill wss using Il exclusively Tor
J. fuei and lights, and II Il being piped AZ
! over the tow a. aud offered ne fuel 90 any
= new mandatory free. A. . result sew
y ersl factories have located there, and
Iproperty has doubled In value In . short
q time, while the gas stock 10 worth ~
q, cents 10 the dollar.
a. II was found At Portland 81 depth Of
$50 feet four weeks ago, and . dispascn
~ from there on Monday ssys:.
ne Two hundred thousand dollars worth
no Of real estate has been sold within . week
10 Cincinnati parties, and forty room
lne have been engaged 1t hotels tonight oy
I'e. Cincinnati people. Excitement y run
ming high over the great boom. GAs y
free to manufacturers" -.
~ At numerous other places In this stat
the same results have followed, ana
wv little enterprise now would place Jaspe
ID the front rank. The gas mas pee
successfully developed both Soutn an
io" North Of US, aud il il reasonable % sui
nus pose il is underneath Jasper also. sue
maj sboom- as that Of Portland or Har
ga ford, striking Jasper, with IT. tnri!'
cate and solid surroundings, would beat W
II rhita snecula,ions al hollow, and Il
na'e probabilities are surely sufficient, ~ y
en- detajls are properly managed, TO indu
AVA our citizens 10 inyest at home instead
'iate seeking western bubbles. Their inve'
rfn'- ments here would also carry with The
J a. the conscious satisfaction Of doing 60
10 their ~neighbors IS well ~ themselv'
THY 'Organizeu . gas company.
'urn, ..oao,. - ~ Tndianapo
sentinel, in urging . trial for natural
at that city. says 'the following y ~
ltney went tnrOu&u - mea.cu' -
seton gravel, eand and clay, 100 feet; Ir
,Iish- stone, sos feet shaler slate, 40V y
Isper. They went from sixty to 100 feet : I
Through limestone and shaler slate, I
ghich 4 sudden halt was called At the Tren
9 adj rock. The drill did not penetrate . I
ow the first day. At the tenth foot %
9 dis were slight traces Of gas. but not
or Of more until the seventeenth foot, "
which the gas came with agush that shook
use 10 earth and Jared buildings neal oy'.
have threw Trenton rock and gravel high
where the air % soon - the drill VA y
aimed, drawn
In the Haskins-Lechner hole at Jai
e pop about 200 feet Of soil clay, sands
boring and coal was gone through, and The
. on /. ling stopped after going several Zee
= ana the shale slate, the spring-pole Pre-
pr lac Of drilling not being effective o
cites depth. Organize : gas company.